Member Since 2012
Kate Potter Leary
Assistant Professor, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Member, Spilhaus Award Committee
Professional Experience
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Assistant Professor
2020 - Present
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Adjunct Faculty
2018 - 2020
University of California Santa Barbara
Postdoc
2018 - 2020
Arizona State University
Graduate Student
2013 - 2018
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Education
Arizona State University
Doctorate
2018
Whitman College
Bachelors
2012
Publications
Mapping 2‐D Bedload Rates Throughout a Sand‐Bed River Reach From High‐Resolution Acoustical Surveys ...

This paper introduces a method for determining spatially‐distributed, 2‐D bedload rates using repeat, high‐resolution surveys of ...

November 15, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Paleohydrology of the Ancestral Rio Grande From 5 – 1 Ma: Implications and Response to Regional Climate
UNRAVELING SOURCE-TO-SINK DYNAMICS FROM SEDIMENTARY RECORDS I POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 15 december 2023
Lily Newton, Riley Heath, Kate P. Leary, Ryan Lear...
The Rio Grande Rift Valley transitioned from a sequence of internally drained basins to an interconnected drainage system by integration of the ancest...
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Linking Particle Trajectories to Changes in Bedform 3-Dimensionality
FLUID FLOW, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION IN FLUVIAL SYSTEMS ACROSS SCALES V POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 14 december 2023
Madeline M. Kelley, Robert Mahon, Vamsi Ganti, Deb...
Subaqueous bedforms emerge as water flows over a sandy substrate, and these bedforms naturally organize into patterns. The evolution of bedforms is an...
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A Computational Model of Onshore Entrapment of Seawater in Coastal Aquifers by Rapid Coastline Progradation
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EXPLORATION FOR AND DEVELOPMENT OF INLAND BRACKISH WATER RESOURCES AND CONTINENTAL SHELF FRESHENED GROUNDWATER POSTER
hydrology | 12 december 2023
Vaughan R. Voller, Loc Luong, Adrien Camille, Mark...
We hypothesize that onshore saline groundwater in coastal delta systems may have resulted from rapid shoreline progradation during the Holocene. To ex...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Spilhaus Award Committee
2023 - 2025
Chair
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Social Media-Website Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Executive Committee
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